BEFORE YOU READ: These days passing really busy for me. I'm not be able to host anyone, sorry.

Hello there! I have finished with my studies and moved to İstanbul last year. İstanbul is one of the most beautiful cities in the world for my opinion. I'm currently working in a private hospital as an interpreter and besides that doing my internship. Two years ago, I have experienced Erasmus exchange program in Spain, found the unique opportunity to learn Spanish. One of the best years in my life was there. After this experience lots of things have changed in my life. :)

I like meeting people from different cultures because the more we travel, the more we appreciate the differences and similarities between countries. I wander, see, smell, hear, touch, eat; seeing that "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page."
I don't wanna read only one page. I wanna read all the pages.
Then let's hit the road. ✌🏼

Instagram: @mahmudsekmann

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This app was a meeting point for only enthusiastic travelers. Unfortunately now it's used as a dating app. It's sad to see. But well, I believe from my heart, that still there are some fellow travellers. :)

Interests

Learning new things, besides of sleeping doing the things that I like, living in another country...

• photography
• traveling
• music
• camping
• martial arts
• teaching
• hitchhiking
• nature
• trekking
• film photography
• indie music
• wandering
• meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

My taste of music and movies is very vertical.

Movies and series that I like:
12 Angry men, Leon, The Motorcycle Diaries, Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, Pursuit of Happiness, Into the wild, Friends, Better Call Saul, Shameless, Peaky Blinders, Seinfeld, The big bang theory, Breaking Bad, Vikings, Game of thrones, Sherlock Holmes, Narcos... A bunch of popular culture stuff :d

Music:
Electro, metal, rock, pop, indie, deep house, ethnic music...

Books:
The Alchemist, To kill a Mockingbird, Homo Sapiens, Leo the African...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being borned was something.

I went to see hippopotamuses in a river and it was so intense!

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to learn about other cultures around the world.

I can teach you the languages that I know and how to play guitar(if you've got one of course).

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love cooking tho. If you want I can cook you some traditional dishes which are very delicious I bet!

I generally work but if I have time, I can go for a walk and show you some spots in the city.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Georgia, Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Turkey